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Sunday, 3 February 2013

Entry: inculcate (v.)

In context: "'We inculcate that as a priority here,' deLint said, gesturing vaguely at the space around them, head bent to his charts."

Definition: trans. To endeavour to force (a thing) into or impress (it) on the mind of another by emphatic admonition, or by persistent repetition; to urge on the mind, esp. as a principle, an opinion, or a matter of belief; to teach forcibly. Const. upon, on; †formerly in, into, unto, to.